The company says people who ordered copies should receive their books Monday. Kilpatrick chronicles his political ascent and fall fueled by a text-messaging sex scandal involving his former top aide. The book sells for $26.95 a copy.

A judge has ruled Kilpatrick's profits will be placed in escrow to help satisfy $860,000 in restitution he still owes Detroit as part of his plea to a 2008 criminal case. Kilpatrick was released Aug. 2 from a Michigan prison and lives in the Dallas area.